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Culture and politics : a comparative approach / Jan-Erik Lane and Svante Ersson.
LIBRA JA75.7 .L64 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lane, Jan-Erik.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Politics and culture--Cross-cultural studies.
- Politics and culture.
- Political culture--Cross-cultural studies.
- Political culture.
- Religion and politics--Cross-cultural studies.
- Religion and politics.
- Genre:
- Cross-cultural studies.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 353 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Aldershot ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, [2002]
- Contents:
- Introduction: Does Culture Matter? 1
- The Cultural Approach 2
- Culture 3
- Outcomes of Culture 5
- Globalization 7
- The Framework of Analysis 8
- Part I Culture and Outcomes
- 1 'Culture' and the Concepts of Culture 19
- The Early Meanings of Culture 20
- Connotations of Culture 23
- The Ambiguity of Culture 26
- New Cultural Theory 30
- The Backward Society 30
- The Dual Society 30
- The Triadic Society 31
- The Culture Quartet 31
- Political Culture 34
- 2 What Culture Matters For: Outcomes 39
- Culture as an Explanatory Factor 40
- Macro-level Outcomes 42
- Political Development 43
- Affluence and Poverty 44
- Social Development: Equality 47
- Gender Equality 48
- Corruption 49
- Dependent Variables and Control Variables 49
- Regional-level Outcomes: Why Does Different Party Support Vary in Different Regions? 52
- The USA 52
- Russia 53
- Spain 54
- Switzerland 55
- Belgium 56
- India 57
- Micro-level Data: Individual Values 59
- The Survey Approach to Values 59
- Micro-level Outcomes 62
- Appendix Countries Included in our Analysis Based on Different Waves of WVS 70
- Part II Ethnicity
- 3 Ethnic Groups and Nations 77
- Ethnic Groups 78
- Two Types of Ethnic Groups 80
- Ethnogenesis 81
- Ethnic Cores and Nation-building 83
- Nation and Ethnic Group 85
- Nationality and Nationalism 86
- Herder 90
- Renan 91
- Beyond Nationalism 92
- Races 95
- Ethnicity and Society 97
- 4 Outcomes of Ethnicity 101
- Grand-scale Ethnicity Worldwide 102
- Spoken Languages 103
- Language Families 106
- Outcomes of Language Families 110
- Ethnic Cleavages and Ethnic Structure: Outcomes 115
- Ethnic Cleavages 116
- Ethnic Structure: Regions and Party Support 120
- Ethnicity and Everyday Life 132
- National Pride 132
- Life Satisfaction 133
- Left-Right Orientation 133
- Interest in Politics 134
- Voluntary Organizations and Political Activity: Joining Boycotts 135
- Part III Civilizations
- 5 Civilizations and the Major Types of Religion 143
- The World Religions 144
- Civilizations 145
- The Weber Approach 150
- Three World Religions: Alternative Classifications 152
- Hinduism and Buddhism 154
- Judaism and Christianity 157
- Islam 157
- Weber's Theory of Religion 160
- Mapping the Major World Religions 164
- 6 Religion and its Outcomes 171
- Macro Outcomes: Weber Again 172
- Economic Outcomes: Affluence and Economic Growth 173
- Quality of Life, Gender and Income Equality 176
- Democracy and Corruption 178
- Does Religion Matter? 179
- Religious Fragmentation and Outcomes: Macro Level 185
- Religious Structure and Party Support 188
- The USA: Religion Matters 188
- Spain: Anti-clericalism 189
- Switzerland: Strong Religious Effects 190
- Belgium: Strong Cultural Politics 191
- India: Ethnicity More Than Religion 193
- The Role of Religion for People 195
- Part IV Legacies
- 7 Historical Legacies and the Colonial Heritage 205
- The Longitudinal Perspective 206
- The Iberian Legacy: The Negative Outcomes of a Spanish Culture 207
- The British Heritage 208
- Dividing the World According to Colonial Experience 209
- The Impact of Different Colonial Regimes 212
- Close and Distant Consequences 216
- Do Colonial Cultures Matter? 219
- Appendix Colonial Legacies in the Third World 224
- 8 Family Structure and Democracy 225
- The Different Family Cultures 226
- Behaviour and Values 230
- Classifying Family Cultures 230
- The Effects of Family Cultures 233
- Part V Universal Values
- 9 Universal Values: Three Main Theories 243
- Value Orientations: Behaviour or Attitudes 244
- Values as Behaviour: Civic Community 245
- Values as Attitudes: Trust 247
- Trust in Italy 249
- Postmaterialism Theory 250
- What are Postmaterialist Values? 252
- The Existence of a Postmaterialist Dimension 253
- Relevance of Postmaterialist Values 256
- Trust Theory 257
- New Cultural Theory (NCT) 259
- The Consequences of Values: Macro or Micro? 260
- 10 Value Orientations: How Real Are They? 265
- The Problem with Values and Value Research 266
- Value Inquiry 267
- The Relevance of Value Orientations 269
- Central Value Orientations 271
- Macro: The Spread of Universal Values 274
- The Micro and Macro Relationships Between Values 279
- Do Values Matter? 282
- Values Matter for What? 284
- Specific Value Impacts 286
- Diffuse Value Impacts 286
- The Transfer Mechanism: Election Channel and Policy-making 287
- The Macro-level Consequences of Values 288
- The Micro-level Consequences of Values 295
- 11 Conclusion: The Impact of Culture on Outcomes 299
- The Findings 300
- The Macro Level 301
- The Regional Level 302
- The Micro Level 303
- Comparing the Impact of Cultural Factors 304
- Ethnicity 304
- Religion 304
- Historical Legacies 305
- Values 305
- How Much Does Culture Matter? 306
- Appendix A Macro Data Set: Variable List 311
- Appendix B Regional Data Set: Variable List 321
- Appendix C Micro Data Set: Variable List 327.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-343) and index.
- ISBN:
- 075460909X
- OCLC:
- 49044165
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